Travel Planning

News / Technology

VIDEO: Booking.com on overcoming the travel payments mountain

By PhocusWire | July 29, 2021

During the PhocusWire Pulse: Progress in Travel Payments session, Daniel Marovitz, SVP of booking.com's fintech arm talks about the ambitions for the unit. Read More

News / Online

Skyscanner tests personalized road trip service

By Mitra Sorrells | July 29, 2021

Skyscanner's new Road Trips service is built on personalization capabilities from Inspirock and launching in five countries. Read More

News / Online

Google told more transparency needed in flight and hotel prices by regulator

By Linda Fox | July 28, 2021

Google has been given two months to make changes to its flight and hotel pricing results. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus offers Hopper’s travel fintech products to intermediaries and airlines

By Mitra Sorrells | July 27, 2021

In a new two-way partnership Amadeus will offer Hopper’s fintech products to its clients while Hopper gains access to Amadeus’ car rental inventory. Read More

News / Online

My Method... How Getaway used email marketing to boost metrics across the board

By Will Crocker Hay - Braze | July 27, 2021

With the travel industry in recovery mode, businesses are driving growth by investing in customer engagement. Read More

News / Online

Travelzoo sees revenues climb, driven by North America

By Linda Fox | July 26, 2021

Travelzoo's Europe business is still lagging at 48% of 2019 revenues. Read More

News / Online

Culture Trip evolves e-commerce strategy with launch of multi-day tours

By Linda Fox | July 23, 2021

Culture Trip is combining places to stay with curated experiences for the launch of multi-day tours. Read More

News / Distribution

Leisure Pass Group rebrands as Go City

By Mitra Sorrells | July 22, 2021

Go City provides contactless, mobile passes for entry to more than 1,000 attractions, tours, museums, observation decks, cruises, theme parks and other experiences. Read More

Opinion / Online

Yes, there's crazy travel demand today. But what's next?

By Clayton Reid - MMGY | July 20, 2021

MMGY CEO Clayton Reid outlines the short- and long-term market conditions impacting the travel industry’s recovery. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Tracking the journey for women founders in travel

By PhocusWire | July 19, 2021

Three women who have created travel companies discuss their personal experiences and the role of gender in the industry at large. Read More

News / Technology

Former Uber exec leads $17.5M round into autonomous traffic management platform NoTraffic

By Jill Menze | July 14, 2021

NoTraffic uses artificial intelligence to modernize traffic management and save cities on infrastructure and traffic management costs. Read More

News / Distribution

Tripadvisor signs first hotel chains to Plus subscription service

By Mitra Sorrells | July 14, 2021

Three hotels groups with a total of nearly 500 properties around the world are the first corporate-level accommodation partners for Tripadvisor Plus. Read More

Interview / Online

VIDEO: Road.Travel - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2021

By PhocusWire | July 14, 2021

Establishing a new industry standard for car travels with curated routes and connecting travel destinations to in-car experiences. Read More

News / Online

Bookaway catches $35M round, creates group of ground transport platforms

By Kevin May | July 13, 2021

Israel-based Bookaway has secured the Series B and formed what is expected to be a portfolio of businesses focusing on ground and sea transportation booking services. Read More